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Stronger LLS, WTI Midland lift LHS differential

The differential for LHS strengthened week-on-week, as demand for light sweet crudes in the region increased, and the cash differentials for LLS and WTI in Midland, Texas, also increased....Read More »

Japan's Inpex plans to triple the capacity of its proposed floating LNG
plant at Indonesia's offshore Masela block to 7.5 million mt/year, from 2.5
million mt/year originally, as recoverable gas reserves are likely to
increase, an official at upstream regulator SKK Migas said Tuesday, March 31.

Electric Power

With the shutdown of Exelon Generation's 1,242-MW Braidwood-1 nuclear
power unit in Braceville, Illinois, this week, there could be an uptick of
coal burn in PJM's power grid, a spokesman with the regional transmission
organization said Tuesday.

German prompt power prices dropped Tuesday to their lowest for a
working-day-ahead in OTC trading outside the Christmas period in at least 10
years as near record-wind power generation combined with some solar
generation, sources said.

German day-ahead power prices were Monday trading below Eur30/MWh for the
second time this year as wind power generation was forecast to reach
near-record levels around 30 GW in the first half of the week ahead of the
Easter holiday weekend, sources said.

Coal

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services elevated the business risk profile of
Murray Energy from weak to fair last week as a result of Murray's purchase of
a controlling interest in Foresight Energy, the company said Tuesday in a
weekly report.

With the new Indonesian regulation making letters of credit mandatory for
exports coming into effect on Wednesday, market participants voiced concerns
over possible delays in shipments and sought more clarity from the government
on the fresh requirements, sources said Tuesday, March 31.